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NASB | Hebrews 10:26 ¶ For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 10:26 ¶ For if we go on willfully and deliberately sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice [to atone] for our sins [that is, no further offering to anticipate], |
Subject: What does this verse mean? |
Bible Note: You said, "I don't see anything about an apostate in the chapter." What about v. 26? By definition, an apostate IS a person who "goes on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth." For such a one, "there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins." So apparently there IS something about an apostate in this chapter. (In v. 39, the author excludes himself and genuine believers from this category.) . . . v. 26 "knowledge. The Gr. term denotes specific knowledge, not general spiritual knowledge (compare Heb 6:4; compare 1 Tim 2:4). Though the knowledge was not defective or incomplete, the application of the knowledge was certainly flawed. Judas Iscariot is a good example of a disciple who had no lack of knowledge, but lacked faith and became the arch-apostate." (p. 1915, MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997) |